Flower Clips

I finally got around to making these two flower hair clips.  I've had the flowers for a few months and finally figured out that I can use buttons for the decorative center.  I had been searching for cute centers to no avail in the jewelery making section, and then if dawned on me to use buttons. Duh!  Basically, I cut the flower off the stem, took it all apart and then glued it back together with my glue gun using a circle of felt and a clip as the back base.  I made these two flowers to go with a few specific shirts, one peach shirt and about four yellow shirts that I own.  One day at Hobby Lobby I happened to pass the peach flower and knew I had to make it into a flower clip.  Each stem has two usable flowers, so I can make two more in the future.  I have a handful of other flowers (black, cream, berry, purple, pink, turquoise) that my cousin made that get regular use.

Zipper Flower

Tuesday night, my church craft group got together to make fabric flowers and zipper flowers.  It was my first time makeing either one.  I like how my zipper flower turned out.  Not bad for a first try.  I won't even try to explain how to do it though.  I will say that we used hot glue to secure ours, not a needle and thread.

 There are tons of pics for inspiration here, and more ideas at craftaholicsanonymous, rileyblakedesigns, and I really like this one on a headband.  Putting them in a container for a flower display is so cute, fun as a bracelet too. Just do a search for zipper flower tutorials or pictures and you'll have all sorts of ideas to look at.  Have fun!